Trabecular bone strength predictions using finite element analysis of micro-scale images at limited spatial resolution

Bone

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-584

  Bevill, Grant ^a   Keaveny, Tony M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone strength; Cancellous bone; Convergence; Finite element modeling; Micro CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMUR NECK; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GREATER TROCHANTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RIGIDITY; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 61749090850     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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